Word: sheer
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...cracking man dressed as Tito. Angered, Tito canceled a reception for 1,200 guests. "The reason for this," said Tito's communique, "is the failure of the competent authorities ... to undertake adequate security measures in connection with the reception." Replied New York's Police Commissioner Michael Murphy: "Sheer, unadulterated nonsense...
...dream of glory? Not at all. Roger Thomas Staubach, 21, Naval Academy midshipman and college quarterback beyond compare, was playing football against Southern Methodist University in Dallas. And as 37,000 bedazzled fans in the Cotton Bowl screamed wildly-for him, against him, or just from the sheer excitement of it-Quarterback Staubach put on a show that even the most jaded pro-football fan would find breathtaking to behold...
...place with preparations of rancid butter, wax and oil; the fantastic feathered headdress of the "magajiya" (leader of the female dancers), the throb and beat of the swirling paces, the glow of sweat, the shining eyes of enthusiasm, all combined in a vivid phantasmagoria of colour and of sheer physical, animal magnetism...
...real merit of The American Scene is neither observation nor prophecy, but the sheer experience of James's sensitivity. Reading the book is like wading into a great pool of consciousness...
With a pinpoint, mid-Pacific landing by Major Leroy Gordon Cooper, a roar of triumph and a burst of national pride, the Mercury phase of the U.S.'s man-in-space program ended last May. Last week it seemed apparent that, save for sheer luck and pluck, Project Mercury might just as readily have ended in disaster. In a 444-page epilogue to Mercury, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration told a hair-raising tale of failures, ineptitude and just plain carelessness among the private contractors who built and equipped the space capsules...